1.Mino

There are three types of Mino, which are floating, hovering and submerged in the water. The structure of Minnow is characterized by having a tongue plate, and the length and width of the tongue plate affects the diving depth and swing pattern. Most of the Mino's swimming posture is more natural, through the operation can also imitate the panic of the small fish out of the school, in my novice period was the most used by the Road Runner.

Floating Minnow

This feature makes it suitable for shallow waters and shallow shoals where bass, Mandarin fish and black fish gather, and avoids bottoming out when encountering water and wood. It is suitable for waters with a depth of 0.8~1.5m and shallow shoals where highly active fish are concentrated. Floating Minnow is less hard and has a larger internal space than the other two, and has a shorter throwing distance.

Specially used in late autumn and winter fishing, because the winter weather is colder, so the bait fish in this season compared to the spring and summer will be much less, similar to the warbler such target fish will be very hungry, and the warbler belongs to the four-season predator species, in the cold weather stage more in the middle and upper water layer to feed, red head and white body of this floating Mino in winter repeatedly tried, the effect of fish lure pull full.

Hovering Mino

Hovering Mino is affected by the tongue after entering the water and stays in the lower layer of the water surface, but the position is still in the state that we can observe at any time. When the lure is stationary in the water, it will remain in this state even when restarted. You need to avoid pins or heavier pins when using floating Mino, because it will affect the fake bait's own gravity and the buoyancy of the water, which directly makes the hovering effect suffer. Hovering Mino is suitable for fish species with water depth of 1~2.5m, which has a wider search range compared to floating fake lures, and has a better effect for fish species with lower activity in deep water.

I personally love to use this suspension Mino to black pit fishing Mandarin fish and perch, because the activity of the perch and Mandarin fish is not compared to the crossbill, and their swimming speed is slow, often appear to see the bait but can not eat the embarrassing situation, and the characteristics of the suspension Mino to make up for this defect, the black pit wild plucking magic tool is not exaggerated.

Submerged Mino

The sinker will sink directly into the water when it enters the water, and at this time it can only be operated by the user to receive back to a desired depth of water. This feature allows the sinker not only to search horizontally, but also to search the water layer between the shallow and deep water layer, but this sinker feature is prone to the phenomenon of hanging on the bottom.

I personally do not like to use sinker Mino, one is the search layer efficiency is relatively low, followed by the search bottom effect is not as good as the VIB and lead hook, but I have a fishing friend is a sinker Mino love, with this silver knife Mino he is not less on the Yami level warp, one person a god bait statement is really not wrong.

The operation method of the Mino has a rip bait method, trembling rod and draw bait method.

The bait is thrown out of the fake bait from deep to shallow water action to attract the attention of the fish, this is also the most I use to a method, but also suitable for many novice operation. Chattering is to let the fishing rod float irregularly in the water. Pumping the bait that the speed of movement and the magnitude of the operation are greater than the rip bait method, so that the fish are tempted to bite the bait.

2. Pencil

The structure of pencil is long and thin, and the head is narrow like a pencil, so it is also divided into submerged and floating.

Floating water pencil (zigzag dog)

The floating type pencil is also called the Nozomi dog, because there is no pressure plate, it can only be operated at the surface, and is suitable for fishing for surface bucktails and bass, and can only be operated at the surface like the wave crawler, but it throws farther than the wave crawler, the difference is that on the surface it is not like the wave crawler hitting the snapping water, but twisting from side to side to make a clicking and rustling noise. The main method of operation by imitating the escape of small fish, scurrying left and right, which is tempting to fish, also known as "walking the dog".

Here it is important to note that the operation is more delicate, I generally do not rush to raise the rod unless special circumstances, but first observe the surface of the water without a pencil, swing left and right through the mouth of the fish and then raise the rod.

It is recommended to use PE or nylon line with lighter weight to help the bait, while the heavy weight of carbon line will press the head of the bait to the surface and make the bait lose its reasonable swimming posture, affecting fishing. It is recommended to use fast and medium fast tuned rods. I prefer to use it on the edge of the grass and calm water, when the weather is bad, don't use the floating pencil.

Submerged pencil

The sinker's characteristics are completely different from the floating pencil. The sinker's specific gravity is greater than the same volume of minnow, so the casting distance is longer, and it is also a full-swimmer lure. When operating, the twitch frequency and line speed are similar to the fleeing action of a small fish, and when it stops operating, it is like a dying fish sinking with a tremor.

In my experience, because the sinking speed of each sinking pencil is different, before using a new pencil, I will go to clear water or pool to observe the sinking time and the approximate position of the reel in the water. The pencil is suitable for fishing in the spring and summer for active fish and can not stay in one place more.